User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- A Letter from Bill Putnam Jr.
- Introducing Apollo Solo USB
- Getting Started
- Hardware Controls & Connectors
- Apollo Solo USB System Overview
- Working With Apollo Solo USB
- Essential Apollo Solo USB Concepts
- Setting the DAW to use Apollo Solo USB I/O
- Accessing Apollo Solo USB’s I/O in the DAW
- Input Monitoring with the DAW
- Using Console with the DAW
- UAD Plug-Ins: Console versus DAW
- Virtual I/O
- Using Apollo Solo USB for System Sound I/O
- Using Apollo Solo USB Without Audio Software
- Console Overview
- What is Console?
- Console Functions
- Global Functions
- When To Use Console
- Interactions Between Console and Apollo Solo USB
- Accessing Console
- Console Layout
- Global Window Elements
- Meter Bridge Overview
- Info Bar Overview
- Current Bank Overview
- View Column Overview
- Monitor Column Overview
- Channel Strips Overview
- Console Plug-In Inserts Overview
- Insert Effects Overview
- Popover Windows
- HP Cue Overview
- Sends Overview
- Console Sessions Overview
- Console Settings Overview
- Multiple Undo/Redo
- Keyboard Focus & Control
- Adjusting Console Controls
- Controls Shortcuts
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Console Reference
- Console Plug-In Inserts
- Insert Types
- Inserts Signal Flow
- Inserting UAD Plug-Ins
- Removing UAD Plug-Ins
- Editing UAD Plug-Ins
- Insert Assign Popover
- Inserts Display
- Insert State Indicators
- Insert Hover Options
- Insert Options Menu
- Channel Insert Effects
- Plug-In Editor Window
- Channel Strips
- Presets Manager
- Presets Manager Popover
- Save Preset Popover
- Console Settings
- Unison
- Console Recall Plug-In
- UAD Meter & Control Panel
- Using UAD Plug-Ins
- Tempo Sync
- UA Account & Store
- Latency & Apollo Solo USB
- Device Drivers
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Specifications
- Hardware Block Diagram
- Universal Audio History
- Notices
- Technical Support
Apollo Solo USB Manual Unison 167
Unison Features
Unison technology enables these Apollo features, all with Realtime UAD Processing:
• Alternate microphone preamplifier sound – Apollo’s ultra-transparent mic preamps
inherit all the unique sonic and input characteristics of the emulated hardware
preamp, guitar amp, or pedal, including the mic, line, and Hi-Z inputs.
• Realistic tandem control – Unison facilitates seamless interactive control of
Unison preamp plug-in settings using Apollo’s digitally-controlled hardware and/
or the plug-in interface. All equivalent preamp controls (gain, pad, polarity, etc)
are mirrored and bidirectional. The preamp controls respond to adjustments with
precisely the same interplay behavior as the emulated hardware, including gain
levels and clipping points.
• Hardware input impedance – All Apollo preamps feature variable input
impedance in analog hardware that can be physically switched by Unison plug-
ins for physical, microphone-to-preamp resistive interaction. This impedance
switching enables Apollo’s preamps to physically match the emulated unit’s input
impedance, which can significantly impact the sound of a microphone. Because
the electrical loading occurs on input, prior to A/D conversion, the realism is
faithful to the original target hardware preamp.
• Tactile gain staging – Apollo Solo USB’s top panel preamp knob can
independently adjust all gain and level parameters available within the Unison
plug-in via Gain Stage Mode. The gain stage being adjusted can be remotely
switched via Apollo Solo USB, so multiple gain levels and their associated
colorations can be tuned from the hardware knob for precise physical tactile
control, all without using the Unison plug-in’s software interface.
Unison Plug-Ins
Note: In all descriptive text, “Unison plug-in” is defined as any Unison-enabled
UAD mic preamp plug-in, UAD guitar/bass amp plug-in, or UAD pedal plug-in.
Unison-enabled UAD plug-ins are uniquely coded for Unison integration. Only UAD plug-
ins that are Unison-enabled can be loaded in Console’s Unison Insert Location.
For a complete list of all Unison-enabled UAD plug-ins, see “Unison Plug-Ins List” in the
appendix at the back of the UAD Plug-Ins Manual.